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Though the first half of this month might have felt like summer, autumn is definitely here

It may be a small compensation for the summer’s washout, but the first half of this month has felt almost like a typical British summer, at least in the southern part of the UK. Temperatures in Central England have been nearly 1C above normal, and every day there have been very respectable highest temperatures, reaching nearly 23C (73F) at Heathrow on Saturday. It has also been very dry, with rainfall of about 14 per cent of average for England and Wales, and lawns looking quite parched in places.

This is very much autumn, though, and this week is feeling much

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